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Minecraft Dungeons: Desert Temple walkthrough

Search the ancient tomb and wake the Nameless One.

  • About 19 min in the videos
  • 2 parts · 10 steps
  • 1 boss

Compiled from 1 playthrough video and 12 guides · checked Oct 19, 2026

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Video: Danvacraft on YouTube. Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

What each player can do here

P1 · Player 1
  • Each player picks a fighting style: close-up melee, ranged attacks from the back, or heavy armour to soak hits.
P2 · Players 2–4
  • A second player on the same machine joins with their own controller and shares the one screen; up to four can play locally or online. Wander too far from the leader and the game teleports you back.
  • In co-op a downed teammate can be revived by standing near them, and the team only loses a life when everyone is down.

If your skill levels differ: Keep close to anyone who goes down so you can revive them.Our suggestionBased on the role split above: the steadier player takes the melee front, and a newer player hangs back with a bow or wears heavy armour. How to split the roles

The mission

Part 1 of 2. Reach the tomb and fetch the staff.

  1. BothDesert Temple opens after Cacti Canyon.single source
  2. BothFollow the marker toward the tomb; a gold gate blocks the way.
  3. BothFind the gold key golem and carry it back without getting hit.
  4. BothSurvive the ambush, then reach the tomb and take the staff.
  5. BothSpike traps and moving blades guard the halls; time your moves or roll past.

Where people tend to fall

  • Necromancers keep raising zombies and skeletons; kill them first.

The Nameless One

Part 2 of 2. Beat the boss and escape.

  1. BothIt stays in place and calls up rows of skeletons with shields; deal with them behind the pillars in the corners, which also stop its shots.
  2. BothKeep moving and dodge sideways away from its projectiles; GameWith says they home in on you.
  3. BothWhen it surrounds you with copies of itself, roll out through a gap in the ring.
  4. BothThe big opening is while it stands still charging its staff or summoning: run in and hit it.
  5. BothEscape the temple to finish.

Where people tend to fall

  • GameWith adds that a well-timed hit sends its orbs back the other way, and that the orbs pass through several players in a line.

Boss

Nameless OneThe temple's boss

  1. Summons: Raises rows of skeleton guards with shields.
  2. Projectiles: Fires magic shots (Game8 calls them orbs, others fireballs) at you.
  3. Copies: Surrounds you with copies of itself that fire before vanishing.

Extras and notes

  • Secret mission Lower Temple: past the gold gate, light the three beacons in the corners of a room to raise a bridge to the map.
Sources (13)

Steps compiled from 1 playthrough video and 12 text guides, checked Oct 19, 2026, and written in our own words. We did not play the game for this guide. A step marked “single source” rests on one guide so far.